Who but Gallagher would flaunt his knowledge of Latin – claiming Sirota’s motto should be “Fiat justicia et caeli ruant,” or “Let justice be done though the heavens fall” – and then confusingly claim that the heavens are already falling in the district? Ah, well, our Regis scholar is always looking for ways to slip in evidence of his erudition and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Gallagher seems to think that chanting, “The graduation rate in Denver is scandalous” and “the drop-out rate is scandalous,” amounts to a brave act of dissidence. Yet no one who supports the DPS reform efforts of the past few years would dispute those statements. Those are among the reasons the Denver Plan was devised.

I searched in vain in Gallagher’s endorsement for specific district policies he believes are counterproductive, just as I waited in vain during a recent interview with Sirota for mention of district policies she’d discard.